Essays about: "Republicanism"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word Republicanism.
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1. The Symbols of Sovereignty: A Study of the Symbolism of Jamaica’s Route to Republic in the Post Elizabeth II Era
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : Jamaica is a constitutional monarchy and thus still has the British King as head of state, it has been on the table to remove the King as head of state for decades, and as Queen Elizabeth II passed away and King Charles III now has taken over the throne, the issue has come to the surface. This study investigates what perceptions exist on making such a constitutional reform, with the main focus on gaining greater understanding of how removing the British King as head of state of Jamaica being perceived as part of the process of gaining full independence. READ MORE
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2. Neo-republicanism as a framework for a political theory of animal protection - An evaluation of Philip Pettit’s neo-republican theory of freedom and its potential for extending justice to non-human animals
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Non-human animals are often excluded from contemporary political theories, much to their detriment in terms of welfare and protection. The ‘political turn’ is a subset of animal ethicists concerned with moving beyond motivating moral status and instead discussing the politics of a shared human-animal society. READ MORE
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3. On Nondomination : A comparative study on the distinctiveness and the preferability of freedom as nondomination vis-à-vis freedom as noninterference
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudierAbstract : The recent years have seen the revival of neo-Roman republicanism through the works of Philip Pettit, who has replaced Isaiah Berlin’s taxonomy of positive/negative liberty with freedom as nondomination. This essay compares the neo-Roman conception of nondomination to the liberal conception of noninterference, with the purpose of clarifying whether nondomination is a distinct concept of liberty and preferable to that of noninterference. READ MORE
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4. The Limerick Soviet : Workers' motivations for the general strike in Limerick, 1919
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionenAbstract : In April 1919, the Trades and Labour Council of Limerick County, Ireland, declared a general strike in response to the increasingly militarised policing of the region by the British authorities. A Strike Committee, consisting of local activists, assumed governance of Limerick for two weeks. READ MORE
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5. Depoliticizing discourses. The role of editorials in the reproduction of consensus: assessing the media coverage of the Yellow Vest movement
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to study how Yellow Vest protests, which started 17November 2018, and protesters themselves, were being described in the French mainstreampress. The material consisted in 19 editorials from 5 of the most-circulated newspapers in thecountry. READ MORE
